# 働 — Work

Frequency rank 155 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 平 (Flat), less common than 経 (Passage Of Time).

- On’yomi: どう
- Kun’yomi: はたら
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

Two bare striding legs punch a card at the gate, a heavy leader is winched onto the stumps of their shoulders, and the one bent arm underneath takes the whole load.

In words:

- 働く はたらく — to work
- 働 どう — work;labor
- 働き はたらき — work,labor

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